Latino children who live in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a heightened risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new USC-led study.
Scientists tracked children’s health and respective levels of residential air pollution for about 3½ … Read More »
Effective Jan. 1, USC Physical Therapy, the faculty practice of the No. 1-ranked PT program in the country, is providing services under the USC Care Medical Group on both the Health Sciences and University Park campuses.
For patients, this means a … Read More »
Keck Medical Center of USC patients have a new bedside resource to help them on their journey toward healing and recovery.
As a result of the inaugural R3 Innovation Challenge, the Trojan Pouch has been implemented and was distributed across Keck … Read More »
Seven faculty members with ties to the Health Sciences Campus were announced as recipients of USC Mentoring Awards recently, which recognize faculty who exemplify the best in mentoring activities and programs, creating environments that further the academic success of students … Read More »
Five next-generation scientists got everyone’s neurons firing at the Junior Faculty Candidate Mini-symposium, hosted by the Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine on March 7.
Naomi Habib, PhD, from the Massachusetts Institute of … Read More »
Stephen B. Gruber, MD, PhD, MPH, director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Alan S. Wayne, MD, professor of pediatrics (clinical scholar) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, addressed guests at the USC Norris Friends and … Read More »
Three students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC were part of a cross-campus team that won the international Emory University Global Health Case Competition, joining the elite few to have clinched first place in the event’s … Read More »
Thousands of runners hit the streets of Los Angeles in the early hours of March 19, headed from Dodger Stadium to a finish line 26.2 miles away as part of the 2017 Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon. Here are some … Read More »
Members of the La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale communities gathered at the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital recently to look into the future of the medical enterprise, at the Keck Medicine of USC San Gabriel Valley Regional Reception.
The March 22 event, … Read More »
Laura Mosqueda, MD, chair and professor of family medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation for $775,000 to develop, test and evaluate a model to help … Read More »
A research team initiated by faculty in the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, called C-DOCTOR (Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration), is one step closer to developing products that facilitate tissue regeneration, thanks … Read More »
Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, recently was appointed chair of the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Siegel is a physician-scientist who specializes in the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis. Siegel previously spent … Read More »
Zea Borok, MD, professor of medicine, Ralph Edgington Chair in Medicine and chief of the division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, is having a banner year already. In January, … Read More »
USC has purchased a multi-story building owned by the Doheny Eye Institute, providing additional university-owned research and treatment space at a key location on the Health Sciences Campus.
The 150,000-square-foot building at 1450 N. San Pablo St., called Healthcare … Read More »
Dozens of Keck Medicine of USC employees donned red caps and joined members of the community for the first Walk in the Park recently. The new community effort kicked off March 16 and was organized by the Hazard Park … Read More »
The Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program at USC (AYA@USC) is holding its third David Stroud Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Symposium on April 1. The event provides medical professionals, patients and their families an opportunity to learn about developments … Read More »
Jody Armour, JD, Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law, visited the Health Sciences Campus recently to discuss unconscious bias in everyday life.
The Keck School of Medicine of USC Office of Diversity … Read More »
Medical students celebrate after opening their Match Day results during a celebration March 17 on Pappas Quad. (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III)
Cheers, tears and champagne toasts rang across the Harry and Celesta Pappas … Read More »
Children with delayed visual perception as a result of serious head injuries may end up with structural changes in their brains that interrupt normal development, a new Keck School of Medicine of USC study shows.
The scientists said the finding is … Read More »
John S. Oghalai, MD, has been recruited to serve as the new chair of the USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, effective Aug. 1.
He joins the Keck School of Medicine of USC from Stanford … Read More »